Ahoba-Sam, Rhoda (2019) Why do academics engage locally? Insights from the University of Stavanger. Regional Studies, Regional Science. Special issue: Universities, innovation and regional development, 6 (1). pp. 250-264. ISSN 2168-1376
Full content URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1583600
Documents |
|
![]() |
PDF
Published_21681376.2019.1583600.pdf - Whole Document Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. 721kB |
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
The role of individual actors in knowledge-exchange collaborations has been accorded much importance. Through their involvement with industry, innovation is especially enacted in their regions. Motivations for academic engagement have been fairly researched but academics’ motivations for local collaborations remain to be properly understood. The aim of this paper is therefore, to explore the motivations of academics for regional engagement. This exploration is done by drawing on empirical data collected through interviews with 16 academics in the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway. It is evident that in addition to personal motivations to collaborate, academics are driven to engage locally by certain incentives that may be embedded in regionally ‘non-constructed’ advantages. In general, the presence of regional advantages that are relevant for advancing the academic’s research provide the motivation to engage locally.
Keywords: | local academic engagement, motivations, university–industry linkages, regional advantages, collaboration, University of Stavanger |
---|---|
Subjects: | N Business and Administrative studies > N220 Institutional Management L Social studies > L721 Economic Geography |
Divisions: | Lincoln International Business School |
ID Code: | 38947 |
Deposited On: | 21 Nov 2019 10:23 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page